Ellen Corby

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1911-06-03

Deathday 1999-04-14 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As Ellen Hansen, Ellen Hansen Corby

Ellen Corby

Biography

Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She is best remembered for playing the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in I Remember Mama (1948). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Corby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

1997
A Walton Easter

as Grandma Walton

1995
A Walton Wedding

as Grandma Walton

1993
1982
1981
All the Way Home

as Great-Gandmaw

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1972
1972
The Waltons

as Esther Walton

1971
A Tattered Web

as Mrs. Simmons

1971
Cannon

as Teacher

1971
1970
Night Gallery

as Miss Patience

1970
The Odd Couple

as Florence

1970
Dan August

as Agnes Oaks

1970
Nanny and the Professor

as Mrs. Kaufman

1969
Love, American Style

as The Little Old Lady

1969
Love, American Style

as Granny Gambler

1969
The Bill Cosby Show

as Mrs. Hilberman

1968
A Fine Pair

as Maddy Walker

1968
1968
1968
Adam-12

as Camille Gearhardt

1968
Adam-12

as Mrs. Cunningham

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Mrs. Feathertree

1967
The Gnome-Mobile

as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)

1967
The High Chaparral

as Mrs. Dilts

1967
1967
Ironside

as Agnes Fairchild

1967
1967
The Invaders

as Aunt Sara

1967
Mr. Terrific

as Mrs. Walters

1966
The Glass Bottom Boat

as Anna Miller

1966
The Night of the Grizzly

as Hazel Squires

1966
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

as Neva Tremaine

1966
Batman

as Mrs. Green

1965
The Family Jewels

as Airline Passenger

1965
The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Stone

1965
The F.B.I.

as Mary Carmichael

1965
The F.B.I.

as Elizabeth Page

1965
The F.B.I.

as Aunt Florrie Buell

1965
The F.B.I.

as Hannah Beecher

1965
The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Anderson

1965
Get Smart

as Agnes Davenport

1965
Honey West

as 'Nellie Peedy'

1965
1965
The Big Valley

as Emmie Pearson

1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies

as Martha O'Reilly

1964
The Strangler

as Mrs. Kroll

1964
1964
Daniel Boone

as Hilda Brock

1964
The Addams Family

as Mother Lurch

1963
4 for Texas

as Widow

1963
1963
The Fugitive

as Mrs. Barlow

1963
The Fugitive

as Mrs. Murdock

1962
Saintly Sinners

as Mrs. McKenzie

1962
The Lucy Show

as Miss Tanner

1962
The Lucy Show

as Woman in Park

1962
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as The Chief Nurse

1962
The Virginian

as Mrs. Clancy

1962
Saints and Sinners

as Mrs. Healy

1961
1961
Hazel

as Miss Minnie

1961
Hazel

as Minerva Anderson

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Ainsley Hallie

1961
87th Precinct

as Mrs. Brodek

1960
Visit to a Small Planet

as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry

1960
Tom, Dick and Harriet

as Aunt Emily

1960
Surfside 6

as Addie Horton

1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh

1960
Thriller

as Mrs. Peele

1960
The Tall Man

as Hannah Blossom

1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Sister Julia

1959
The Rebel

as Carrie Blyden

1959
Dennis the Menace

as Miss Douglas

1959
Bonanza

as Lorna Doone Mayberry

1959
Bonanza

as Cora Milford

1959
Tightrope

as Hazel Mason

1958
Macabre

as Miss Kushins

1958
As Young As We Are

as Nettie McPherson

1958
Vertigo

as Manager of McKittrick Hotel

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Martha Ward

1958
The Rifleman

as Mrs. Avery

1958
The Rifleman

as Mrs. Morgan

1958
The Texan

as Katy Clayton

1958
The Donna Reed Show

as Christine Moss

1958
1957
All Mine to Give

as Mrs. Raiden

1957
Rockabilly Baby

as Mrs. Wellington

1957
Night Passage

as Mrs. Feeney

1957
God Is My Partner

as Mrs. Dalton

1957
The Seventh Sin

as Sister Saint Joseph

1957
Trackdown

as Henrietta Porter

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Elvira Moss

1957
The Restless Gun

as Ruth Purcell

1957
The Restless Gun

as Emma Birch

1957
The Restless Gun

as Mrs. Amy Morgan

1957
Perry Mason

as Old Lady Card Player

1957
Wagon Train

as Aunt Em

1956
Stagecoach To Fury

as Sarah Farrell

1956
Slightly Scarlet

as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)

1955
Illegal

as Miss Hinkel

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Minerva Comstock

1955
1955
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Miss Samantha

1955
Cheyenne

as Hortense Durango

1955
1955
The Millionaire

as Nancy Marlborough

1955
The Millionaire

as Bedelia Buckley

1954
Sabrina

as Miss McCardie

1954
About Mrs. Leslie

as Mrs. Croffman

1954
Susan Slept Here

as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)

1954
1954
Untamed Heiress

as Mrs. Flanny

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office

1954
1954
Lassie

as Pearlie Mae

1954
Lassie

as Pearlie Mae Yochim

1954
Lassie

as Bess Wright

1954
Lassie

as Amy Baker

1954
Hey Mulligan

as Martha

1953
A Lion Is in the Streets

as Singing Woman

1953
The Vanquished

as Mrs. Barbour

1953
Shane

as Liz Torrey

1953
Woman They Almost Lynched

as First Townswoman

1953
1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre

as Mrs. Logan

1953
General Electric Theater

as Frankie, Joan's maid

1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Gracie Jordan

1952
Monsoon

as Katie

1952
Fearless Fagan

as Mrs. Ardley

1952
The Big Trees

as Sister Blackburn

1952
My Hero

as Henrietta Sullivan

1952
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Martha - Maid

1951
The Barefoot Mailman

as Miss Della (uncredited)

1951
The Sea Hornet

as Mrs. Drinkwater

1951
Angels in the Outfield

as Sister Veronica

1951
Here Comes the Groom

as Mrs. McGonigle

1951
On Moonlight Bay

as Miss Mary Stevens

1951
Goodbye, My Fancy

as Miss Birdshaw

1951
1951
I Love Lucy

as Miss Hanna

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Little Old Lady

1950
Harriet Craig

as Lottie

1950
Edge of Doom

as Jeanette Moore

1950
Peggy

as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

1950
The Gunfighter

as Mrs. Devlin

1950
Caged

as Emma Barber

1950
Captain China

as Miss Endicott

1950
1950
1950
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Lavinia Penniman

1950
1950
1949
Madame Bovary

as Félicité

1949
Mighty Joe Young

as Orphanage matron (uncredited)

1949
Little Women

as Sophie

1949
Rusty Saves a Life

as Miss Simmons

1949
A Woman's Secret

as Nurse who reads paper to Susan

1948
The Dark Past

as Agnes (uncredited)

1948
Strike It Rich

as Annie Harkins

1948
Fighting Father Dunne

as Colpeck's Secretary

1948
The Noose Hangs High

as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)

1948
I Remember Mama

as Aunt Trina

1947
The Judge Steps Out

as Mother at Party (uncredited)

1947
Forever Amber

as Marge

1947
Railroaded!

as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)

1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1947
The Fabulous Joe

as Cathy, the Maid

1947
The Unfaithful

as Courtroom Spectator

1947
Living in a Big Way

as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)

1947
The Long Night

as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)

1947
Born to Kill

as Maid (uncredited)

1947
Beat the Band

as Gertrude's Mother

1946
It's a Wonderful Life

as Ms. Davis (uncredited)

1946
The Locket

as Ginny (uncredited)

1946
Sister Kenny

as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)

1946
Crack-Up

as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

1946
1946
Bedlam

as Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)

1946
The Dark Corner

as Maid (uncredited)

1946
1946
The Spiral Staircase

as Neighbour (uncredited)

1945
Cornered

as Swiss Maid (uncredited)

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1936
The Broken Coin

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1935
Speed Limited

as Secretary

1934
Babes in Toyland

as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)

1933
Sons of the Desert

as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)

1933
Rafter Romance

as Telemarketer (uncredited)

Writer

1972
The Waltons

as Story

1947
1941
Twilight on the Trail

as Screenplay

1936